Chapter 013 The First Stepmother

"I haven't prepared the ingredients yet. Don't worry, I will pay for the meal." Jiang Sinian knew what Lin Wanxia minded.

Lin Wanxia immediately put on a smile: "You are so shy to talk about money?! I am mainly worried that the child will be hungry. You wait, the meal will be ready soon." She stepped out of the door, and was afraid that Jiang Sinian would take her polite words seriously, so she turned back and added, "The meal fee is just a token of my appreciation."

Jiang Sinian: "..."

Making money is the only motivation for Lin Wanxia after she traveled through the book. She hummed a little tune, cut the pork fat into pieces, and took out the ribs soaked in blood and put them aside to drain.

The Lin family's outdoor stove is equipped with large and small stoves. On the large stove is a fixed large iron pot that can cook meals for ten people at a time.

The small stove connected to the big stove has an open mouth, which can hold a small iron pot for cooking or a cylindrical steamer.

Lin Wanxia lit the fires of both stoves, put cold water in the big stove to blanch the ribs, put a little water in the small stove and then threw the chopped pork fat into it.

Before Lin Wanxia traveled through the book, she had only used the stove to light the fire, and she learned the skill of lighting a fire from the original owner's memory.

Thanks to the original owner, Lin Wanxia was so skilled in doing these things that she didn't have to use her brain, and she could even find time to clean the water chestnuts she bought while lighting the fire.

For dinner, Lin Wanxia planned to make sweet and sour spare ribs and oil residue water chestnut dumplings.

Soon the water in the lard evaporated and cool lard began to appear.

The ribs in the stove were also blanched and set aside to drain.

After the lard was refined, Lin Wanxia scooped out the dregs and sprinkled some salt on them while they were still hot.

The next step was to mix the dough. She mixed the flour and water in a ratio of 2:1 and placed it in a porcelain bowl to let it sit. Then she cut the water chestnuts into small pieces and mixed them with the dregs. She also used a spoon to add two spoons of freshly refined lard and soy sauce and other seasonings, stirred them evenly, and set them aside.

Jiang Sinian, who had just cleaned up the house, came out and saw Lin Wanxia wiping the sweat off her forehead.

In the hot summer, staying by the stove was a torture.

Lin Wanxia is pretty, and such rough movements only make people feel pleasing to the eye and pitiful.

Jiang Sinian walked over and said, "Shall I roll the dumpling skin?"

Lin Wanxia hesitated.

Jiang Sinian took the initiative and said, "Don't worry, I won't deduct your meal money."

Lin Wanxia immediately stuffed the rolling pin into Jiang Sinian's hand, "Look at what you said, with our relationship, how can I be afraid of you defaulting on the bill? I'm just afraid of delaying you from coaxing the child."

After saying that, she found that the crying of the naughty child stopped at some point.

Jiang Sinian did not expose Lin Wanxia, ​​and cooperated, "He was tired after working for a long time and fell asleep."

Lin Wanxia lowered her head to make dumplings.

Before she crossed into the book, she actually seldom cooked. The half-baked cooking skills and recipes all came from short videos and various period texts.

The shapes of the dumplings were different, some were long, some were flat, some were standing, some were lying, and they all looked bad.

On the contrary, Jiang Sinian rolled the dumpling skin quickly and well, making it round and of the right thickness.

"I have to go out to sea tomorrow, so I may need you to look after Xingxing for a few days. He..." Jiang Sinian organized his words, "His mother died in dystocia when giving birth to him, so he grew up eating at many people's homes. I was busy with work and neglected to take care of and discipline him. He has a bad temper and may cause you trouble, so please forgive me. My time of coming and going is irregular, so during this period, I will pay according to what we agreed before, 20 yuan a day, and food expenses are calculated separately."

This time when he went back to the unit to pick up the child, the leader told him that enemy troops disguised as pirates or fishermen have been active in the 246 waters recently, not only stealing our intelligence, but also frequently harming our fishermen. The fishery administration had no way to deal with them, and after discussing with the military, they asked Jiang Sinian and his men to pretend to be fishermen.

Jiang Sinian originally wanted to continue to entrust the child to the sisters-in-law who followed the army in the family compound, but when he arrived at the door, he heard his comrades and their wives arguing about Xingxing, so he had to bite the bullet and entrust Xingxing to Lin Wanxia, ​​who was not familiar with him.

Lin Wanxia didn't think much about it, just thinking that Jiang Sinian was going out to fish in the sea. For the sake of money, she patted her chest and promised: "Don't worry! I will take good care of Xingxing, and I promise that he will not lose a hair when you come back."

By dinner time, Lin Wanxia regretted agreeing to take care of Xingxing.

The naughty child snatched food and protected food.

He liked the sweet and sour pork ribs made by Lin Wanxia. When he saw that there were only a few pieces left on the plate, he dragged the plate in front of him and wrapped his arms around it.

Jiang Sinian slapped him on the head without saying a word, snatched the sweet and sour pork ribs from his arms and put them in front of Lin Wanxia, ​​and scolded Xingxing: "Who taught you to protect food?"

Xingxing cried again.

Lin Wanxia: "..."

Naughty children are creatures that people don't like in any era.

She really didn't want to pretend to be a good person against her conscience, lower her head to eat dumplings, pretend that she didn't exist, and resolutely didn't interfere with Jiang Sinian's education of the children. In just

one night, she found that Jiang Sinian was not a qualified father. His educational method was simple and rough, and he would beat his children if they didn't obey.

Lin Wanxia took a piece of spareribs while Jiang Sinian was not paying attention, and put it in her mouth, deliberately showing a smug expression to Xingxing, saying "It's so delicious!" "It smells so good!".

No matter how naughty a three-year-old child is, he doesn't have any scheming. He immediately stood up and cried to grab the plate of sweet and sour spareribs, and didn't forget to scold Lin Wanxia, ​​"I hate you! You are a bad witch!"

Jiang Sinian certainly wouldn't let Xingxing succeed. After apologizing to Lin Wanxia, ​​he dragged him into the bedroom again to "educate" him alone.

Lin Wanxia ate and drank enough and went to take a shower.

After returning, Xingxing sat at the table with tears in her eyes and ate dumplings. When she saw Lin Wanxia, ​​her eyes widened. She didn't hide her hatred for Lin Wanxia at all, but she dared not speak.

Lin Wanxia was overjoyed. She took the five yuan meal money from Jiang Sinian and returned to her room contentedly.

She took out a small notebook to record the accounts.

Income: thirty-one thirty-two yuan, expenditure: six thirty-three yuan, balance: twenty-five yuan.

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Jiang Sinian had to go out to sea very early, and woke Lin Wanxia up before leaving.

"Sorry to wake you up so early. The stars just came out, and I was afraid that he would run around, so I locked the room. Here is the key."

Lin Wanxia: "..."

She glanced at the wall clock, it was not yet three o'clock.

Sure enough, money is hard to make, but shit is hard to eat!

It's not easy to be a nanny for twenty yuan a day, and you have to get up earlier than a chicken.

However, this day was more difficult than she thought.

The first challenge Xingxing gave her after she opened her eyes was that she had wet the bed.

Lin Wanxia heard some rustling noises, opened the door, and saw Xingxing standing on the floor with his bare buttocks, pulling the bed sheet to the floor with his two little hands. There

was a large irregular wet mark in the middle of the bed sheet.

Xingxing turned her head and saw Lin Wanxia, ​​she covered her buttocks and started to cry, crying and shouting, "Wuwu! Don't hit me! I didn't mean it."

Lin Wanxia: "..."

A three-year-old child wets the bed?

Lin Wanxia, ​​who had never been a mother in her two lifetimes, was actually a little disgusted, but seeing Xingxing so scared, she couldn't say anything to him.